Non-refillable bottle.



. PATENTED SEPT; 8, 1908. J. W. BUTLER. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.APPLICATION FILED AUG.15, 1907.

- occupying the space stop or arranged JAY W. BUTLER, OF HERMITAGE, NEWYORK.

NON-RE FILLAB LE B O TTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed. August 15, 1907. Serial No. 388,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY W. BUTLER, zen of the United States, residing atHerm1tage, in the county of IVyoming and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in NonItefillable Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and more particularly tomeans inserted into the neck of a bottle for preventing the refilling ofthe same when emptied or partially emptied, while constructed to permitthe outwardflow of liquid therefrom.

The objects of my invention are, the pro duction of a simple,inexpensive and effective within the neck of the bott e to preventfraudulent refilling of the same; to provide a guard having a liquidpassage arranged out of line with liquid passages of the stopper so thatthe insertion of a tool to manipulate the valve is prevented; to providea cork or other compressible collar around the lower end of the stoppercasing or tube whereby the latter is centered and leakage between thecasing and the wall of the bottle neck is prevented; and to otherwiseimprove on bottle-stoppers of this type.

Briefly stated, my invention comprises a tube or casing within thebottle-neck having a notched peripheral flange at its upper end whichfits snugly within the bottle-neck, and a number of elongated openingsthrough which the liquid passes; said casing being closed at its upperend and having its wall at the lower end curved inward to form-avalveseat against which a spherical inwardly closing valve is seated; acork or similar collar surrounding the lower end of the casing andbetween the latter and the wall of the bottle-neck, and a guard having acentral opening and supported on the closed upper end of the casing,said guard preventing the insertion of a wire or tool for unseating thespherical valve with a view of forcing liquid into the bottle.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a central vertical section through theupper portion of a bottle showing my improved bottle-stopper inelevation. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the upperportion of a bottle and through my improved bottlestopper. Fig. 3 is asimilar section showing the inverted to unseat the stopper and ermit thedischarge of liquid from the bott e. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line4'4, Fig. 1.

bottle employ a guard spherical valve of the closed upper end of thetube; said guarc} 1 Fig. 5 is a cross-section on 1 line 55, Fig. 1. Fig.6 is an inverted pera citispective view of the guard supported on thebottle-stopper.

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

The reference letter A designates a bottle provided with the usualcylindrical neck B, into which my improved bottle stopper C is inserted.The stopper comprises a cylindrical tube D constructed of suitablenoncorrosive material, and provided with a plurality of elongatedopenings E, by preference spaced equidistantly around the tube.

Said tube is somewhat smaller in diameter than the internal diameter ofthe bottle-neck so as to provide an annular space F between the two; theupper end of said tube being closed, as at G, and provided with anoutstanding flange H which flts snugly within the bottle neck. Saidflange is provided with a plurality of notches h which establishcommunication between the bore of the bottle-neck above said stopper andthe space Fbetween the latter and the wall of said neck.

I designates a compressible collar of cork or other like material whichsurrounds the lower end of the tube and occupies a portion of the spacebetween the latter and the wall of the bottle neck; said collar servesto center the tube within the neck and also acts to retain said tube inproper position therein. The lower end of said tube is open, and thewall thereof at this point is curved inward, as at J, to form avalve-seat for a spherical valve K which closes inwardly to prevent theinflow of liquid into the bottle. When inverting the bottle to dischargethe contents in whole or part, the spherical valve unseats itself in themanner shown in Fig. 3, thereby opening the bottom of the tube to allowthe liquid to pass thereinto, which then issues through the elongatedopenings E in the wall of the tube, passing thence through the space Fbetween said wall and the wall of the bottle neck, thence out throughthe notches h inthe flange H at the upper end of the tube, and finallyout the upper end of the neck.

In order to prevent tampering with the valve with a view of unseatingthe same, I L which is supported on the comprising a disk having acenter opening it formed by stamping a plurality of lips N from the diskand bending the same downward to act as legs which support the. diskupon said tube. Owing to the opening M thus formed being out of linewith the notches h in the flange of the stopper tube, it is impossibleto insert a wire or other object into said tube, and consequently thespherical valve can only be unseated by inverting the bottle in themanner shown in Fig. 3. I

With a view of preventing the withdrawal of the guard or both the guardand stopper tube from the neck of the bottle, said neck is heated at apoint directly above the guard after the latter and the stopper areinserted into the neck. then subjected to external pressure at a pointwhere it is heated to form an internal bead 0, directly underneath whichthe guard is located. If desired, the-neck of the bottle may be taperedslightly to prevent the stopperbeing forcibly pushed into the bottle,and a cork may be applied to the upper open end of the neck.

Having thus described my invention, what claim is, 1. The combinationwith a bottle, of a The latter is.

valve stopper in the neck thereof having I liquid passages between itand the wall of the bottle-neck, an inwardly-closing valve in saidstopper and a disk having a plurality of legs stamped therefrom to forma central opening and to support the disk on said stopper.

2. The combination with a bottle having a neck provided withan internalbead, of a valve stopper in said neck and having liquid passages betweenit and the wall of said neck, an inwardly-closing valve in said stopperand a guard supported on said bottle-stopper and located directlybeneath the internal bead in said neck, said guard comprising a diskhaving a plurality of legs stamped centrally therefrom and bent downwardto' bear against said valve-stopper.

In testimony whereof, I have afliXed my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAY W. BUTLER.

